Subj : SpaceX IPO banks 🏦, Netflix House 🎬, design is search 👩🏻‍🎨  To : All From : TLDR Date : Mon Dec 15 2025 11:23 am --bbOj8Wos Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SpaceX has started the selection process for a banker. 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SpaceX Starts a Wall Street= Bake-Off to Hire Banks for Possible IPO (2 minute read)

SpaceX has started the selection proces= s for a banker to advise it on its initial public offering. Investment bank= s are scheduled to make their first pitches this week. SpaceX is also pursu= ing a secondary share sale that would value the company at roughly $800 bil= lion. The US IPO market is picking up momentum after several years of relat= ive quiet.
Can Netflix Help Save the A= merican Mall? (13 minute read)

The Netflix House is a new permanent br= and activation/movie theater/retail outlet designed to extend the lives of = Netflix's most popular shows. They will enable fans of shows to experience = more of a franchise in real life. The company has already opened a Netflix = House location at the King of Prussia mall in the Philadelphia suburbs and = a second at the former Belk department store, which anchors the Galleria Da= llas mall in Texas. It plans to open a third location at BLVD Las Vegas in = 2027.
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If a Meta AI model can read= a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain? (15 minute read)

Our brains are able to both detect and = produce magnetic fields. Researchers at Meta were able to decode the brain'= s magnetic fields into actual images and words by training models on public= datasets. This opens up the possibility that the brain may be able to read= and write its own field. This article explores the idea and how it could r= elate to consciousness.
What happened to Quantified= Self? (2 minute read)

The Quantified Self movement has largel= y fizzled out. It's not easy to collect data about yourself, and it's hard = to make real use of it. There's also a cost to building vast data profiles = of yourself that people may want to avoid. People still track their data, j= ust not as a larger self-quantification project.
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Design is search (6 minute = read)

Design is like a search, not a producti= on pipeline. The design process is valuable. Early design needs freedom, bu= t later design needs reality. You might ship faster when you collapse these= phases, but you lose a lot in the process. New technology makes it faster = to build, but that's not what design is really about.
How to Build Your First Cha= tGPT App (11 minute read)

ChatGPT Apps allow developers and produ= ct teams to embed apps directly into ChatGPT, enabling users to complete ta= sks like book hotels, search for properties, and shop online. With a platfo= rm of 800 million weekly active users, ChatGPT's app platform may be the ne= xt great distribution wave. This article walks readers through how to build= ChatGPT apps. It includes real-world examples, code, and links to courses = with more material.
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Inside the Invitation-Only = Stock Market for the Wealthy (14 minute read)

The ultrawealthy buy shares of the most= in-demand companies via invite-only transactions long before the shares ar= e listed on public stock exchanges. This small, privileged group can obtain= shares of companies still in their early growth stages, while the rest are= left with older, slower-growing names. This dynamic is exacerbating the we= alth disparity in the US. It could even become an existential threat to the= US economy.
Apple loses its appeal of a= scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case (4 minute read)

Apple was found to be in willful violat= ion of a 2021 injunction intended to open up iOS App Store Payments in Apri= l. That contempt of court finding has now been almost entirely upheld by th= e Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Apple may still be able to charge a 'reas= onable fee' for payments made outside its App Store based on actual costs t= o ensure user security and privacy. The ruling means that there will likely= soon be rapid adoption of outside payment processors.
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The Hottest Toy of the Year= Is Made by a Tech Startup You've Never Heard Of (10 minute read)

The Nex Playground active game system i= s a $249 motion-controlled game console with an $89 annual subscription mar= keted to families with young children.
Ask HN: How can I get bette= r at using AI for programming? (Hacker News Thread)

A discussion on the problems with large= language models and the workarounds people use to try to make them produce= what they want.
The Bet On Juniors Just Got= Better (6 minute read)

AI accelerates the learning that makes = the bet on juniors worth it.
Elon Musk Will Actually Hav= e His Own Office at Samsung's US Chip Facility, Indicating Tesla's Ambition= s to Make Chipmaking a Priority (2 minute read)

Elon Musk will personally oversee the p= roduction lines at Samsung's Taylor facility to speed up the feedback proce= ss.
Coding Agents & Complex= ity Budgets (15 minute read)

Coding agents can be used to delete com= plexity from codebases at a reasonable cost.
20 Years of Digital Life, G= one in an Instant, thanks to Apple (6 minute read)

Apple locked out this developer's accou= nt after they attempted to redeem an Apple Gift Card purchased from a major= brick-and-mortar store.

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